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Videos

The corn chronicles: Why popcorn is so popular
There are more than 25 different types of popcorn.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The truth about high-fructose corn syrup and sugar
Explaining the chemical differences between high-fructose corn syrup and sugar.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Understanding the impact of bioethanol on food prices
Overview of the production of ethanol biofuel in the United States.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Jj Gouin/Dreamstime.com
See how smut fungus destroys corn smut
Some fungi are important pathogens of plants that cause diseases such as corn smut,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Observe the underground germination of sweet corn
Time-lapse video, filmed over three weeks, of the underground germination of sweet...
Video: Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Paul Pitman/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Corn
Ears of corn (Zea mays).
iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Milpa farming
A farmer holding beans and corn harvested from a traditional milpa in Michoacán,...
© Feria de Productores
Crop diversity
Color variations of heirloom corn.
© MedioImages/Getty Images
Corn silks
Ears of corn (Zea mays) topped with silk. The corn silks are the female...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Cornfield
Rows of tassled corn (Zea mays) in a Nebraska field.
© Julianne Gentry—iStock/Getty Images
Dent corn
Used for animal feed, dent corn, is ready for harvest after drying in the field. 
Lance Cheung/U.S. Department of Agriculture
Genetically engineered corn (maize)
A field of genetically engineered corn (maize).
© S74/Shutterstock.com
Corn
Fresh corn and corn grits.
©dream79/stock.adobe.com
Polenta
Squares of polenta made of corn.
©msp2010/Fotolia
Arepa
Corn arepa made with cheese.
© Ulita/Dreamstime.com
Margarine
Tub of margarine.
© Inga/stock.adobe.com
A plant producing corn ethanol
At this plant in South Dakota, starch from corn is processed via fermentation for...
© Jim Parkin/Shutterstock.com
corn products
Products derived from the corn plant.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
corn
Corn (Zea mays).
© Volodymyr Muliar/Dreamstime.com
Illinois cornfield
Farm buildings beyond a cornfield, Illinois.
© ghornephoto—iStock/Getty Images
Illinois cornfield
Cornfield near Macon, central Illinois.
Grant Heilman/Grant Heilman Photography
cornfield
Cornfields near Schuyler, Nebraska, U.S.
© Weldon Schloneger/Shutterstock.com
corn smut
Corn smut.
© Belish/Dreamstime.com
corn
Ear of corn (Zea mays).
© Corbis
Farmers harvesting corn.
© Index Open
Corn harvesting in Iowa
Harvesting corn on a farm near Alden, north-central Iowa.
Thomas Hovland/Grant Heilman Photography
Himachal Pradesh, India: field of corn (maize)
Field of corn (maize) in the mountainous Chamba region, Himachal Pradesh, India.
B. Bhansali/Shostal Associates
corn kernels
Corn kernels.
Danielgrad
Figure 9: Low-volume spraying of pesticide on a field of corn.
Grant Heilman
vascular plant
Cross section of a corn stem under magnification, showing the vascular bundles.
J.M. Langham
outer layers and internal structures of a corn kernel
The outer layers and internal structures of a kernel of corn.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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